Tag: Classic TV
Lotsa Luck
One of my family’s favorite shows starring Dom DeLuise only lasted one season, but we never forgot it. Lotsa Luck…
Nanny and the Professor-Were You A Fan?
Nanny and the Professor premiered on ABC on Wednesday, January 21, 1970, and ran until December 27, 1971. It starred…
When Elvis Rocked the USS Hancock
On April 3, 1956, Elvis Presley made one of his early national TV appearances on The Milton Berle Show, but…
Here’s Lucy
Here’s Lucy kept Lucille Ball on Monday night TV with the same kind of physical comedy, celebrity guest stars, and…
The Untouchables: Before There Was Airplane!
Before Robert Stack showed up in Airplane! as Rex Kramer, he was dead serious as Eliot Ness in The Untouchables….
Pfft! You Were Gone Celebrity Edition!
“Pfft! You Were Gone” was originally written and recorded by Buck Owens in 1954, but it is most famously remembered…
The Jetsons: The Future We Were Promised
The Jetsons first aired on ABC on Sunday nights at 7:30 p.m., beginning September 23, 1962. The original run was…
Love, American Style: The Show Where Familiar Faces Got Another Shot
Love, American Style was one of those shows that could only have come from that late ’60s and early ’70s…
Organ Music Made Soap Operas So Dramatic
Soap operas got their name because the early daytime radio dramas were often sponsored by soap and household-product companies. The…
ABC Promotes Combat!
An hour after posting the intro, I thought it would be fitting to share this old ABC commercial for Combat!….